• mycelium underground@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 hours ago

      I understand that you are probably living in a big city, but holy shit you actually believe Americans don’t own dishwashers?

      I would really like to know your line of reasoning on that.

        • prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          According to my brief googling, there are 131.43 million households in America, and either 79 or 80 million American households own dishwashers. I could not find a breakdown by state, but I suspect they’re predominantly popular in wealthier areas, and less popular in poorer areas.

          • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            6
            ·
            2 days ago

            I’m pretty sure it’s a space thing. How many millions of people in New York live in half a closet, where your “home” is the place where you sleep and recharge your phone, and you spend every waking second out and about in the city. You don’t have a kitchen much less a dishwasher. Meanwhile I’ve never seen a double wide mobile home without one equipped from the factory. I would be surprised to find a multi-bedroom family dwelling without a dishwasher.

          • rothaine@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            2 days ago

            Someone I know moved into an apartment with no dishwasher, and they were like “fuck this” and bought a countertop dishwasher. So apparently that’s a thing.

              • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                5 hours ago

                corporations don’t need to actually make products to be profitable. look at tesla. I assumed it was a few suburbanites and the rest is financial instruments/subsidies, to the extent I thought about it at all.

                  • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    ·
                    5 hours ago

                    right they need to be profitable.

                    they don’t need to make products to be profitable. which is the thing I actually said.

                    and I fully expect they will, if they kiss the ring.